At the Xiaomi new product launch conference held on July 4, in addition to the Xiaomi 12S series mobile phones, Xiaomi also brought an upgraded product of the Xiaomi Mi Band digital series – Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro. As the newly launched Pro upgrade product of Xiaomi Mi Band, Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro has been upgraded in terms of screen, appearance, independent positioning, sports health, etc., bringing more new choices for friends who like sports and fitness.

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Newly Upgraded Appearance: Display

Compared with the Xiaomi Mi Band launched in May, the newly launched Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro has changed the ring-shaped track design of the Xiaomi Mi Band digital series in appearance. It adopts a new rectangular design, and the screen is also upgraded to a 1.64-inch AMOLED full color screen.

According to data from Xiaomi’s official laboratory, the Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro uses a 1.64-inch rectangular full screen with a resolution of 456 × 280, which is 50% larger than the Xiaomi Mi Band 7. It is an 84% increase in display area than Xiaomi Mi Band 6. After adopting a rectangular full screen, Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro has a better reading experience. On Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro, fonts and icons can be displayed in a larger area, bringing better reading effect and better visual perception.

In addition to changing the rectangular appearance to increase the display area, Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro also adds an ambient light sensor, so that the screen brightness can be automatically adjusted according to the ambient light conditions, without the need for users to manually adjust.

The Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro can display icons in single or double rows. With the improvement of Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro Nor falsh storage space, the performance of screen fluency, delay, motion effects, etc. is better, and it is closer to the viewing experience of conventional smartphones.

In addition to the major upgrade of the screen in the appearance of Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro, the middle frame of the bracelet is also treated with metal texture and has been processed with high-brightness NCVM. Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro supports quick release design, so these two colors can also be combined with the 6-color antibacterial wristband launched by Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro to create a more fashionable appearance configuration.

The wristband of Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro adopts a lace-up structure similar to traditional watches, and has also been upgraded in terms of wearing stability.

Xiaomi Band 7 Pro Review: Battery & Charging

The battery capacity of the Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro has also been upgraded with a capacity of 235mAh. According to Xiaomi’s official laboratory data, Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro can have 12 days of classic battery life, or 6 days of heavy battery life. When the long battery life mode is turned on, it can further reach 20 days of battery life. However, it is worth noting that if the user turns on the independent positioning function, the battery life will be greatly reduced, and the duration will be about 8 hours.

The Xiaomi Band 7 Pro adopts the magnetic charging method, but the specifications of the magnetic charging part are not consistent with the Xiaomi Mi Band 7 and cannot be universal.

Independent Satellite Positioning Function, Better Sports Experience

Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro supports recording 117 kinds of sports, in addition to regular running, walking and other sports, it also includes items such as Frisbee. In general, it can record many types of sports, covering many ordinary sports and professional sports.

In addition to 117 kinds of sports that can be recorded, Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro also supports automatic identification of walking, running, rowing machines, and skipping ropes after the user turns on automatic sports recognition, without the need to manually start the recording.

For many sports enthusiasts, Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro offers a very significant upgrade, which supports independent positioning recording from the phone. Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro supports Beidou, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, qzss five-star simultaneous search, which can provide more accurate location records. This means that when the user performs outdoor running and other sports, the track record can be performed without the mobile phone, which reduces the equipment required for the exercise.

Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro has also added a new running course, which can support: 1. Basic running and walking combination, 2. Advanced running and walking combination, 3. Basic jogging, 4. Basic fat burning run, 5. Advanced fat burning run, 6. MIIT fat burning run, 7. Basic aerobic endurance runing, 8. Advanced aerobic endurance running, 9. Basic interval running, 10. Advanced interval running. Help users perform effective running exercises according to their own needs.

After each exercise, users can also view their own exercise data through exercise records, and can judge their own exercise status through exercise load in recent days. Users can better understand the effect of exercise and formulate the next exercise plan.

Comprehensive Health Monitoring

Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro can monitor key health data such as heart rate, blood oxygen, sleep, and stress. And a series of reminders can be set to help users better understand and adjust their physical health.

For example, turn on the smart heart rate monitoring function. After the user turns on this function, the heart rate can be continuously monitored, and a reminder will be given when an abnormality is detected. The user can also manually set a reminder for the heart rate to be too high or too low, and the bracelet will remind you when the heart rate is at the user-set reminder value.

In terms of sleep detection, Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro can achieve more accurate sleep recognition by enabling high-precision sleep detection. Users can view their own deep sleep cycle, light sleep cycle and rapid eye movement cycle to better understand their own sleep conditions.

This series of health monitoring functions allows users to understand their own health with intuitive data. On the Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro, due to the increase in the screen area, even viewing data on the bracelet is more intuitive, and there is no need to rely heavily on the mobile APP.

Other Functions

Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro also supports two offline payments, Alipay and WeChat Pay, which users can use after scanning the code and binding them. In the case of not carrying a mobile phone, you can also pay through the bracelet when you go out to exercise.

Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro is also equipped with an NFC chip, which supports writing access control cards, which is convenient for users to travel.

The Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro can also use the XiaoAi voice assistant when connected to the supporting APP. Complete some simple commands through XiaoAi, such as inquiring about the weather, inquiring about stock prices and a series of operations.

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